Breast Cancer Awareness program

I am a current graduate choral conducting student and will be fulfilling my first recital in October for SATB choir. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month so I would like the theme to revolve around this idea. The program will represent the five stages of grief with songs of hope and inspiration interspersed between each stage. I would really appreciate any suggestions for pieces that represent each stage, as well as hope and inspiration.

Some of the movements are for SATB without divisi - I get the impression that you don't have an organ or a big choir, so the most suitable piece would be my setting of "Rest Eternal" (SATB with no divisi, organ part can be omitted without losing anything). It would suit the last three stages (in the Requiem it sits more in the Bargaining phase, as it sets "rest eternal grant unto them..." against "O Saviour of the world... save us and help us, we humbly beseech thee").

The territory you wish to cover is quite directly addressed in the cycle produced by The Womens' Chorus of Dallas and the Turtle Creek Chorale called "Sing for the Cure". It is a multi-commissioned set combining narration, poetry, song, and choruses. It's available as a 2 CD set (Amazon, Spotify). Several choruses have performed it (or parts of it) so it appears scores must be available. I'm sure you can find some material in it.

For your songs of hope and inspiration, I ask that you listen to my songs "Take My Hand," "One Star," and "The Tree of Life" on my website www.AmericasSongwriter.com. All of these songs have excellent SATB arrangements, and have met with wonderful audience response.

Consider my work "Breathe on me, Day!" for SATB and piano. The work is dedicated to two very close friends who both did dual bouts with this disease and were triumphant. They are both wonderful women with such a strong spirits. This gorgeous text is by Dr. Robert J. Smithdas, deaf/blind since the age of 5. If you wish to pursue this work, please contact me directly for a score. Sometime in May you will find it at the C7Prize Market place http://www.thec7prize.com/marketplace.html and is also available for purusal at the composers site here on choralnet.org.